Biomonitoring of trace metals in the Black Sea (Romania) using mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

Roméo, Michèle; Frasila, C.; Gnassia‐Barelli, M.; Damiens, G.; Micu, Dragos; Mustaţă, G.

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2004.09.026

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“…The trace metal content of organisms is therefore a common tool in monitoring programs of metal pollution in the marine environment, since it provides a time-integrated measure of metal availability (Saiz-Salinas et al, 1996). Focus has been given to macroinvertebrate species, namely benthic bivalve and gastropod molluscs, found to be effective bioaccumulators (Byrne and O'Halloran, 2001;Liang et al, 2004;Roméo et al, 2005;Coelho et al, 2006a). Differences in experimental design (e.g.…”

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Pattern and pathways for mercury lifespan bioaccumulation in Carcinus maenas

Coelho

Reis

Ventura

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Marine Pollution Bulletin

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a b s t r a c tCarcinus maenas is an important and exploited natural resource in temperate estuaries, being consumed by local populations and also used as fish bait. Through bioaccumulation and bioamplification processes occurring in polluted estuarine ecosystems, this species may directly or indirectly represent a major pathway for Human contamination. No information is available on the overall lifespan bioaccumulation pattern of mercury for this species, which would be an invaluable tool for assessing the risks associated with C. maenas harvest in contaminated areas. Taking that in mind, the main objectives of this work were to clarify the lifespan bioaccumulation pattern of mercury for this species. A consistent lifespan accumulation pattern was found for this species, both for total and organic mercury, and coherent differences were found between genders, suggesting different physiological responses to contamination. From our results two scenarios emerge: (a) for low mercury contamination areas where the diet is the major pathway for metal uptake, with higher levels in muscle and hepatopancreas (twice as high as in gills) and higher organic mercury fractions (as high as 80-90% in muscle), crabs bioaccumulate with age and (b) on high contaminated areas, environmental exposure is predominant, with higher levels found in gills (reaching 0.8 mg kg À1 ), lower organic fractions and no mercury increment with age. Detoxification strategies, dietary differences and species mobility may account for these two accumulation patterns.

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Pattern and pathways for mercury lifespan bioaccumulation in Carcinus maenas

Coelho

Reis

Ventura

et al. 2008

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…(Topcuoglu et al, 2002). Romeo et al, (2005) studied the accumulation of trace metal concentrations by measuring them in the mussel collected in the Black sea. The authors found that Cd, Cu, Zn, Hg, Fe, Mn concentration changed between 0.96-1.74 µg/g, 6.64-8.05 µg/g, 108-190 µg/g, 26-33 ng/g, 95-106 µg/g and 14.5-24.5 µg/g mussels, respectively.…”

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Sustainable Environment – Monitoring of Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Accumulation in Sediments, Algae and Biota in Black Sea Marine Ecosystems

Strezov¹

2012

Environmental Contamination

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“…In another study, it was determined that the Turkish Black Sea coast faced heavy metal pollution and the metal concentrations in macroalgae, sea snail and mussel were very high (Topçuoğlu et al, 2002). In a study of Romeo et al (2005), accumulated trace metal concentrations have been measured in the mussel collected in the Black Sea. The authors found that Cd, Cu, Zn, Hg, Fe, Mn concentration changed between 0.96-1.74 µg/g, 6.64-8.05 µg/g, 108-190 µg/g, 26-33 ng/g, 95-106 µg/g and 14.5-24.5 µg/g mussel, respectively.…”

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Altınok²

2010

Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Black Sea waters remain heavily impacted by a number of pollutants originating from different sources such as direct and indirect discharge of land based pollutants, sewage etc. The Black Sea environment is highly contaminated in many urban and industrialized areas of the many countries, resulting in severe ecotoxicological impacts. Heavy metals are toxic substances that accumulate in food chains with the increasing concentrations. In this review, heavy metal pollution in water column and sediment, with regard to aquatic organisms living in the Black Sea has been evaluated.Keywords: heavy metal pollution, heavy metal accumulation, Black Sea ecosystem. Karadeniz'de Su, Sediment ve Canlı Organizmalardaki Ağır Metal Düzeyleri ÖzetKaradeniz, farklı kaynaklardan gelen, doğrudan ve dolaylı deşarj edilen kirleticiler tarafından oldukca fazla etkilenmektedir. Çok sayıda ülkenin sanayi ve evsel nitelikli atıksuların boşaltılması sonucu Karadeniz'de ekotoksikolojik etkiler oluşmaktaktadır. Ağır metaller, toksik maddeler olup besin zincirinde artan konsantrasyonda birikmektedir. Bu derlemede, Karadeniz'de su kolonunda, sedimentte ve canlı organizmalarda ağır metal düzeyleri incelenmiştir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Ağır metal kirliliği, ağır metal birikimi, Karadeniz ekosistemi.

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Biomonitoring of trace metals in the Black Sea (Romania) using mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

Cited by 72 publications

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Pattern and pathways for mercury lifespan bioaccumulation in Carcinus maenas

Pattern and pathways for mercury lifespan bioaccumulation in Carcinus maenas

Sustainable Environment – Monitoring of Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Accumulation in Sediments, Algae and Biota in Black Sea Marine Ecosystems

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